Prep Day 1

07/10/2009 20:28 Filed in: events | Lucy
This last Tuesday my Dad and I hosted a “Learn how to make Bread Day” at our house. GKT had needed another thing to sell at Harrisville Old Home Days, and Dad had thought of bread, because well that seems to be what he makes a lot of now.

The bread recipe we used was very simple and quick. See the jist of it below. I did get a workout from all the kneading I had to do. But all of our loafs turned out really good.

3 cups regular flour (or "bread" flour)
1 cup warm (100 to 120 degree) water
1tbsp sugar
1tbsp yeast
1tsp salt (NOT 1 tbsp!!)
2 tbsp oil or room temperature unsalted butter

Remember to use 1/2 the water to start your yeast, and the other half goes directly into the flour.  Yeast should rise for 5-10 minutes, until doubled in size.  Put the salt in the flour, not in the yeast starter.  Knead for 10-15 minutes.  Let rise till doubled (about 1/2 hour), then punch down.  Flatten, fold, and put in pan, then "proof" (final rise) for about 25 minutes (cut the top at about 20 minutes, to let it rise a little after that).  Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes, until crust is uniformly brown. Good luck.

In between our cooking (when the dough needed to rise and proof) the girls and I worked on our other items we sold at the fair. We made: earrings, necklace pendants, magazine envelopes, and recycled paper cards.





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